ASME B31.3 ELLIPSOIDAL HEAD CALCULATION

[vishnuyash]

As per ASME B31.3 ,design of closures section 304.4.1 .
Closures can be designed as per ASME section VIII Div 1 .
For designing ellipsoidal heads, reference is provided in ASME B 31.3 (table304.1.1) as UG-32(d) in ASME SEC VIII Div 1 , But UG-32(d) is actually intended fro designing torrispherical heads ,
can any body help to clarify the aforementioned

 

[TGS4]

Which Edition are you working with? In the 2015 Edition of Section VIII, Division 1, the head rules were renumbered. What was UG-32(d) is now UG-32(c).

 

[vishnuyash]

I am using 2019 edition of div 1 and 20 edition of b 31.3.
I know it is updated as ug 32(c) but refernece made in b31.3 is still ug 32(d)

 

[TGS4]

vishuyash- I have notified the B31.3 Committee Chair and the staff secretary of this inconsistency. In the meantime, I think that good engineering practice would be to use the actually-applicable paragraphs in Section VIII Division 1.

Thank you for pointing this out.